The sheriff, circuit clerk and one supervisor in Wilkinson County will begin new terms this month, but because of a lingering primary election dispute, their long-term status is uncertain.
The Wilkinson County case is one of several election disputes involving 2007 statewide and county races. At least a dozen election challenges have been filed with the state Supreme Court.
Challenges in Hinds, Coahoma and Yazoo counties also have not been settled.
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April 17, 2026
The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana
The unanimous procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740 million to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits.
